Historical Events In February - 26
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1794 On February - 26 christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.
1797 Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.
1797 On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England
1797 Bank of England issues 1st £1-note on February - 26.
1798 On February - 26 david Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi
1802 The birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright on February - 26.
1802 On this day in history victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
1804 On February - 26 vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad
1810 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 on February - 26.
1813 Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on February - 26.
1815 On this day in history napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
1815 On February - 26 napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba
1823 John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 on February - 26.
1824 Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) on February - 26.
1825 On February - 26 hans Balatka, composer
1827 On this day in history david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
1831 On this day in history filippo Marchetti, composer
1832 On this day in history polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I
1832 On February - 26 john George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
1834 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified on February - 26.
1834 On February - 26 aleksander Zarzycki, composer
1835 Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) on this day in history.
1837 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice on February - 26.
1838 On February - 26 rensselaer Van Rensselaer invades Pelee Island in Lake Erie with 500 American sympathizers of the Canadian rebels
1838 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer on this day in history.
1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.
1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)
1842 Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on this day in history.
1845 Aleksander Rozycki, composer on this day in history.
1846 The birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history william F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes
1848 2nd French Republic forms on February - 26.
1848 Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on this day in history.
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